About the Teaching American History Program
The Teaching American History Grant program is a discretionary grant program funded by The No Child Left Behind Act. The goal of the program is to support programs that raise student achievement by improving teachers' knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of American history. Learn more about this program at the U.S. Department of Education website.
Hamilton City Schools TAH Program, 2004-06
In September 2003, the Department of Education’s Teaching American History Grant program awarded the Hamilton City School District $731,631 to partner with Miami University Hamilton and The Michael J. Colligan History Project and the Lane Libraries to develop, document, evaluate and disseminate innovative models of professional development for teachers in American history over a three year period.
Our program will serve 26 teachers who teach students in 5th or 8th grades or Advanced Placement U.S. History. The teachers will receive two hours of graduate credit per year for successful completion of the program. The three-year program includes the following components every year:
- Summer institute (five days) at Miami Hamilton;
- Four academic year seminars at Miami Hamilton;
- A multimedia history resource on DVD that project staff and teachers will use to provide instruction in the basic facts of US History in a way specifically tailored to the Ohio US History standards and to the unique needs of our District and its unique classrooms;
- A project Web site to disseminate program information and serve as a means of communication;
- A culminating two-day regional conference at Miami Hamilton in 2006 where our program staff and participating teachers will communicate information about the program and present lesson plans.
- One public exhibit per year related to U.S. history topics currently being studied by teachers involved in the TAH program.Each exhibit will be hosted by The Lane Libraries at the Main Library at Third and Buckeye Streets.
- U.S. history materials (books, books-on-tape, DVDs, and VHS videos) purchased as part of a Teaching American History Grant Program collection based at the Lane's Main Library. These materials will be available to teachers involved in the program and the community at large.
During the final year of the project (2006), project staff and teachers will participate in a field trip to the nation's capital, Washington D.C.
Fairfield City and Northwest Local Schools, 2005-08
In September 2005, the Department of Education’s Teaching American History Grant program awarded Fairfield City and Northwest Local Schools $995,093 to partner with Miami University Hamilton and The Michael J. Colligan History Project, The Lane Libraries and the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County to develop, document, evaluate and disseminate innovative models of professional development for teachers in American history over a three year period.
- Summer institute (five days) at Miami Hamilton;
- Four academic year seminars at Miami Hamilton;
- A multimedia history resource on DVD that project staff and teachers will use to provide instruction in the basic facts of US History in a way specifically tailored to the Ohio US History standards and to the unique needs of our District and its unique classrooms;
- A project Web site to disseminate program information and serve as a means of communication;
- A culminating two-day regional conference at Miami Hamilton in 2008 where our program staff and participating teachers will communicate information about the program and present lesson plans.
- One public exhibit per year related to U.S. history topics currently being studied by teachers involved in the TAH program.Each exhibit will be hosted by each of the partner library systems.
- U.S. history materials (books, books-on-tape, DVDs, and VHS videos) purchased as part of a Teaching American History Grant Program collection based at the Lane's Main Library. These materials will be available to teachers involved in the program and the community at large.
